Fun Facts About the Name Omair
- 336 babies named Omair: U.S. records list 336 babies given the name Omair from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Omair Mean?
Omair is an Arabic name and a diminutive of ʿUmar (عمر), built on the Arabic pattern fuʿayl, which turns a name into a smaller, affectionate version of itself - the same pattern that relates Ḥusayn to Ḥasan. Classical Arabic lexicographers connected ʿUmar with the root ʿ-m-r, which appears in ʿumr ("life, lifespan") and in the verb ʿamara ("to live long, to flourish, to build up"). On that derivation the name is glossed as "long-lived" or "flourishing."
A second explanation, reported by Arab philologists, links ʿUmar to ʿamr, meaning "command" or "affair," and the two derivations have been discussed since the early centuries of Arabic grammar. What is agreed is the relationship between the names: Omair is not a separate root but the diminutive of ʿUmar, which is why it is also explained simply as "little ʿUmar." Omair and Umair are two transliterations of the same Arabic name (عمير), not distinct names.
Omair Name History & Origins
ʿUmair is an early Arabic personal name. It was in use in the Arabian Peninsula at the time of the rise of Islam, and several companions of the Prophet Muhammad are said to have borne it, including ʿUmair ibn Wahb, who served as an envoy before the treaty of Hudaybiyya, and ʿUmair ibn Saʿd al-Ansari, remembered as an ascetic and later appointed governor of Homs under ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab. Traditional accounts also list an ʿUmair ibn Abi Waqqas, brother of Saʿd ibn Abi Waqqas, among the Muslims who died at the battle of Badr.
As Arabic spread with Islam, both ʿUmar and its diminutive ʿUmair passed into the Persianate world, North Africa, and South Asia. The diminutive has always been the less common of the two, partly because ʿUmar carries the prestige of the second caliph, ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab. In South Asia and in Muslim communities in Britain, North America, and the Gulf, the name is usually written Omair or Umair; the two spellings reflect choices in transliterating the Arabic letters into English rather than separate historical names. Its modern use therefore follows the same routes as Omar and Umar, while remaining a distinct, diminutive form of that name.
How Popular is the Name Omair?
Omair has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2001. Its best rank was #3,815 in 1986.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,471 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,599 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #6,793 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #8,795 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,492 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #11,618 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #8,685 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #9,429 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #8,643 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #13,656 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #9,340 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #10,428 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #13,536 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,480 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #12,076 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #8,821 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #10,590 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #6,788 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #11,095 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #7,096 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #8,234 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #5,327 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #8,871 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #6,945 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #6,177 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #5,974 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1996 | #6,359 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #5,792 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #5,768 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #8,392 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #5,543 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #5,007 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #4,904 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #4,728 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #5,097 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #5,919 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #3,815 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #6,302 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,413 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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